Wood Bottom Ash and GeoSilex: A By-Product of the Acetylene Industry as Alternative Raw Materials in Calcium Silicate Units
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Raw Materials
2.2. Characterization of Raw Materials
2.3. Preparation of Wood Bottom Ash-GeoSilex Calcium Silicate Units
2.4. Characterization of Calcium-Silicate Units
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Raw Materials
3.2. Characterization of the Calcium-Silicate Units
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | WBA(g) | G(g) | Water (g) | WBA wt% | G wt% | Water wt% Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
90WBA-10G | 360 | 40 | 50 | 90 | 10 | 12.5 |
80WBA-20G | 320 | 80 | 48 | 80 | 20 | 12.0 |
70WBA-30G | 280 | 120 | 44 | 70 | 30 | 11.0 |
60WBA-40G | 240 | 160 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 10.0 |
50WBA-50G | 200 | 200 | 38 | 50 | 50 | 9.5 |
40WBA-60G | 160 | 240 | 36 | 40 | 60 | 9.0 |
30WBA-70G | 120 | 280 | 34 | 30 | 70 | 8.5 |
20WBA-80G | 80 | 320 | 32 | 20 | 80 | 8.0 |
Raw Material | Organic Matter (a) (%) | Carbonate Content (%) | pH | Specific Surface Area (cm2/g) | Relative Density (kg/m3) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WBA | 10.41 ± 0.09 | 17.25 ± 0.76 | 11.1 | 3600 | 2731 |
G | 3.12 ± 0.12 | 16.6 ±0.55 | 12.5 | 6224 | 2378 |
Oxide Content (%) | WBA | G |
---|---|---|
SiO2 | 48.6 | 1.9 |
Al2O3 | 5.9 | 1.1 |
Fe2O3 | 3.3 | 0.12 |
CaO | 18.1 | 67.2 |
MgO | 3.2 | 0.09 |
MnO | 0.05 | - |
Na2O | 0.92 | - |
K2O | 1.9 | - |
TiO2 | 1.4 | 0.04 |
P2O5 | 0.5 | 0.01 |
SO3 | 0.14 | 1.6 |
ZnO | 0.29 | - |
SrO | 0.04 | - |
Cl | 0.06 | 0.03 |
LOI | 15.6 | 27.8 |
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Felipe-Sesé, M.A.; Pérez-Villarejo, L.; Castro, E.; Eliche-Quesada, D. Wood Bottom Ash and GeoSilex: A By-Product of the Acetylene Industry as Alternative Raw Materials in Calcium Silicate Units. Materials 2020, 13, 489. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13020489
Felipe-Sesé MA, Pérez-Villarejo L, Castro E, Eliche-Quesada D. Wood Bottom Ash and GeoSilex: A By-Product of the Acetylene Industry as Alternative Raw Materials in Calcium Silicate Units. Materials. 2020; 13(2):489. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13020489
Chicago/Turabian StyleFelipe-Sesé, Manuel Angel, Luis Pérez-Villarejo, Eulogio Castro, and Dolores Eliche-Quesada. 2020. "Wood Bottom Ash and GeoSilex: A By-Product of the Acetylene Industry as Alternative Raw Materials in Calcium Silicate Units" Materials 13, no. 2: 489. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13020489